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. >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> general motors is under heavy scrutiny this evening. according to media reports the u.s. attorney's office in new york has opened a criminal investigation into gm's recall last month. the company said cars had ignition defects linked to more than ten deaths. this comes after congress announced that it, too, would investigate gm and hold hears. at issue why it took so long for fora potentially fatal design fw that goes back ten years in. >> reporter: in march 2010, brook melton lost control of her cobalt and fatally crashed. one of 13 deaths linked to a defective ignition switch on a gm vehicle, in which it failed to warn the public about after ten years. >> we deposed all of the engineers after brooks' death in 2010. these are the engineers who participated in the design of the vehicle in 2004 and covered up this problem from 2004 t to 2014. >> gm settled with the melton family in the fall, and the company recalled over 1.5 million vehicles with defective ignitions reporting the criminal kobe i probe in new york i
. >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> general motors is under heavy scrutiny this evening. according to media reports the u.s. attorney's office in new york has opened a criminal investigation into gm's recall last month. the company said cars had ignition defects linked to more than ten deaths. this comes after congress announced that it, too, would investigate gm and hold hears. at issue why it took so long for fora potentially fatal design...
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jake ward in san francisco. >>> today i've been asking you, twitter turned eight today. what was your first tweet. >> peter tweets, let's see if i can change the world for the better today. wayne gretzky, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. let's pray for me were the humble first words on twitter of pope frances. please ignore prior tweets. that was somebody pretending to be me. this is actually me. this is from elon m usk. and as long as we're sharing on march 11, 2009, the world was treated to this, ali is tying out this twitter thing. somewhat uncertain as to what to say. that was my first tweet. had i known that twitter would be resurrecting everybody's first tweet i would have been more profound. maybe not neil armstrong profound but more profound all the same. today i can promise you the majority are less kennedys ask not what your country can do for you and more whoop there it is. we're connected, maybe too connected at times but twitter can help concentrate the scattered, empower the powerless, and it has the ability to create conversation that for better
jake ward in san francisco. >>> today i've been asking you, twitter turned eight today. what was your first tweet. >> peter tweets, let's see if i can change the world for the better today. wayne gretzky, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. let's pray for me were the humble first words on twitter of pope frances. please ignore prior tweets. that was somebody pretending to be me. this is actually me. this is from elon m usk. and as long as we're sharing on march 11, 2009,...
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. >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> today russian president vladimir putin raised the ante by signing the treaty to annex crimea too the russian federation. europe's dependence on russian energy goes back to the 1980's. a lot can change in three decades, yet a lot stays the same. when president reagan took office in 1981 the united states and soviet union were nuclear superpowers confronting each other. popular unrest against moscow's iron grip was stirring in poland. moscow amassed troops on poland border and threatened to invade. >> i have discussed on other occasions the elements of western policies towards the soviet union. to safeguard our interests and protect the peace. what i'm describing now is a plan and hope for the long term, the march for freedom and democracy that will leave marxism and leninism on the ash. >> reporter: european allies werallieswere sympathetic, but t the same time signing contracts with moscow. for europe the deals meant new energy sources to fuel their economies. for moscow it meant making money and maintaining influenc
. >> san francisco... >> al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> today russian president vladimir putin raised the ante by signing the treaty to annex crimea too the russian federation. europe's dependence on russian energy goes back to the 1980's. a lot can change in three decades, yet a lot stays the same. when president reagan took office in 1981 the united states and soviet union were nuclear superpowers confronting each other. popular unrest against moscow's iron...
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our tech recorder joins us, san francisco, with more, jake, what led to this and how has it been received? it's a poor cry from the original creed doe, which was a p.c. on every desk in every home. he is talking about every device, they are justifying to show that they get mobile that's what they are after here. >> is this going to help. >> i think the power office users are the people that really rely on the deep functions of things. that said, google makes it's own alternatives apple does as well. so they are not -- and surface their strategy was such a disaster, i think they decided go with what is is used well, and let's give it to them on every platform. that's the fastest growing sector, and they don't have a foothold in either one. >> let's see how this works out, always good to see you, no secret, that competition to snag top talent in silicon valley is fierce. but a class action lawsuit is is is now understood covering secrets about how far some c.e.o.s including steve jobs may have been willing to go. some have called it wage fixing that limits employee pay and job opportunities
our tech recorder joins us, san francisco, with more, jake, what led to this and how has it been received? it's a poor cry from the original creed doe, which was a p.c. on every desk in every home. he is talking about every device, they are justifying to show that they get mobile that's what they are after here. >> is this going to help. >> i think the power office users are the people that really rely on the deep functions of things. that said, google makes it's own alternatives...
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there is one in san francisco that is in a setting that a million dollars motel could in the get. and they have family rooms. go down to breakfast and your kids are surrounded by teens from all over the world, teens and kids in their 20s, and they love it. >> right here on al jazeera america. >>> come back on a way back machine with me. ronald reagan is elected in a landslide. "terms of endearment" wins best picture. and people walking straight ahead without constantly looking down at their hands. now the cells. ththe motorola went on sale for $4,000. and it was ugly. there is nothing elegant to us but it led us to everything that we know, love and take advantage of today. nobody new back then where this would lead. a person could only talk. now we can talk and crush candy at an alarming rate. happy anniversary big guy. in honor take a moment, call someone and ask them, can you hear me now? hello? let's hope the next 30 years are just as innovative. that's our show for today. thanks for joining us. have a great weekend. >> yeah, i want a big pizza, double cheese and pepperoni. >>
there is one in san francisco that is in a setting that a million dollars motel could in the get. and they have family rooms. go down to breakfast and your kids are surrounded by teens from all over the world, teens and kids in their 20s, and they love it. >> right here on al jazeera america. >>> come back on a way back machine with me. ronald reagan is elected in a landslide. "terms of endearment" wins best picture. and people walking straight ahead without constantly...